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, Chairman, and the rest of His Majesty's
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General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, That Mr,
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who now offers himself a Candidate to be Nominated & Appointed
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a Surveyor under the Act passed in the last Session of Parliament
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for the better Regulation of Buildings in London and
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That he the said
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Samuel Drake
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and has been for 24 Years past in my Service, during which
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time he has been conversant in the Several Branches of Building,
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And from the Knowledge of I have of his Qualification in
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every respect for undertaking and performing the intended
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Employment under the said Act, and the great experience
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I have had of his Good Behaviour, Integrity, and Fidelity, I
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take the liberty of Recommending him in the strongest manner
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to the Notice of your Worships as a Person highly deserving of
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Salisbury Street
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4th, July 1774.
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I have the Honour to be
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Gentlemen
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Your most humble Servant
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